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Quote by William Hazlitt
There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in th

There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we profess to entertain for our firends. It is little better than a piece of quackery. The truth is, we think of them as we please, that is, as they please or displease us. – William Hazlitt

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To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. – William Hazlitt

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There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. – William Hazlitt

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Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy. – William Hazlitt

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